500 Most Influential Muslims

The 100 Most Influential Muslims
Author	John L. Esposito, İbrahim Kalın, Usra Ghazi, Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Kenan Stockmore
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	1st Edition (2009); 2nd Edition (2010); 3rd Edition (2011); 4th Edition (2012); 5th Edition (2012/13); 6th Edition (2014/15); 7th Edition (2016); 8th Edition (2017); 9th Edition (2018); 10th Edition (2019); 11th Edition (2020)
Subject	Biographical dictionary
Publisher	Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Createspace
Media type	Online, print
ISBN	978-9957-428-37-2
OCLC	514462119
Website	https://www.themuslim500.com/

500 Most Influential Muslims is an annual publication that ranks the most influential muslims in the world.

Current top ten

Rank.	Change.	Name.	Citizenship.	Age.	Occupation.	Source of Influence.	Influence.	School of Thought.
Previous rankings
01*	2	King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	(1935-12-31) December 31, 1935 (age 88)	King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques	Economics and Politics.	King with authority over 36+* million residents of Saudi Arabia and approximately 2+* million pilgrims annually.!!	Moderate Salafi	Unlisted (2009) Unlisted (2010) Unlisted (2011) Unlisted (2012) Unlisted (2013/14) Unlisted (2014/15) 3 (2016) 3 (2017) 2 (2018) 1 2 (2019) 4 (2020) 2 2(2021) 1.
02*	1	King Abdullah II of Jordan	Jordan	(1962-01-30) January 30, 1962 (age 62)	King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Political, Lineage.	King with authority over approximately seven million Jordanians.* Custodian of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem.	Traditional Sunni	4 (2009) 4 (2010) 4 (2011) 7 (2012) 3 4 (2013/14) 3 4(2014/15) 1 (2016) 3 2 (2017) 1 3 (2018) 1 3(2019) 5(2020) 3 4(2021) 1.
03*	1	King Mohammed VI of Morocco	Morocco	(1963-08-21) August 21, 1963 (age 60)	King of Morocco	Political, Administrative, Development	King with authority over 32+* million Moroccans.	Traditional Sunni, Maliki	3 (2009) 5 (2010) 2 2 (2011) 3 3 (2012) 1 5 (2013/14) 2 5 (2014/15) 5 (2016) 5 (2017) 6 (2018) 1 5 (2019) 1 7 (2020) 2 6 (2021) 1
04*	2	H.H.,GEN.; Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	UAE	(1961-03-11) March 11, 1961 (age 63)	Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces	Administration of Religious Affairs, Philanthropy, Charity and Development, Economics and Politics.	Military and political leadership.*	Traditional Sunni.	22 (2009) 22 (2010) 18 (2011) 4 15 (2012) 3 10 (2013/14) 5 9 (2014/15) 1 7 (2016) 2 12 (2017) 5 15 (2018) 3 15(2019) 3(2020) 12 7(2021) 2.
05*	2.	Seyyed Ali Khamenei	Iran	(1939-07-17) July 17, 1939 (age 84)	Supreme Leader of Iran	Political, Administrative	Supreme Leader of 82.5+* million Iranians.	Traditional Twelver Shi‘a, Revolutionary Shi'ism, Usuli	2 (2009) 3 (2010) 1 5 (2011) 2 6 (2012) 1 3 (2013/14) 3 3 (2014/15) 4 (2016) 4 (2017) 4 (2018) 4 (2019) 2(2020) 2 3(2021) 3Template:Inrease.
06*	.	Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani	Iraq	(1930-08-04) August 4, 1930 (age 93)	Marja' of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq	Scholarly, Lineage	Highest authority for 21+* million Iraqi Shi‘a, and also internationally as religious authority to Usuli Twelver Shi‘a.	Traditional Twelver Shi‘a, Usuli	7 (2009) 8 (2010) 1 10 (2011) 2 13 (2012) 3 8 (2013/14) 5 7 (2014/15) 1 9 (2016) 2 7(2017) 2 8(2018) 1 7 (2019) 1 8 (2020) 1 8 (2021) ,
07*	.	SH.:Habib Umar bin Hafidz	Yemen	May 27,1963 (age 60–61)	Director of Dar Al Mustafa, Tareem, Yemen	Scholarly, Spiritual leader and Preacher, Lineage	Millions of traditional Muslim followers globally.	Traditional Sunni, Shafi'i, Ba 'Alawiy Sufi.	28 (2016) 25 (2017) 3 10 (2018) 15 8 (2019) 2 9(2020) 1 9(2021) .
08*	2.	SH.:Mufti Taqi Usmani	Pakistan	(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943 (age 80).	Scholar	The intellectual leader of the Deobandi movement.	Deobandi Movement:	Hanafi, Sunni	27 (2009) 31 (2010) 4 32 (2011) 1 32 (2012) 25 (2013/14) 7 19 (2014/15) 6 22 (2016) 3 6 (2017) 16 7 (2018) 1 6 (2019) 1 1 (2020) 5 5 (2021) 1.
09*	1.	SH.:Salman Al-Ouda.	Saudi Arabia	(1956-12-14) December 14, 1956 (age 67)	Saudi Muslim scholar.	Scholar	Influential Muslim Cleric in Arab World.*	Traditional Sunni, Hanbali	19 (2017) {{}} 11 (2018) 8 10 (2019) 1 11 (2020) 1 10 (2021) 1.^[1]

Previous top ten entrants

Rank	Change	Name	Citizenship	Age	Occupation	Source of Influence	Influence	School of Thought	Previous rankings
11	5	Qaboos bin Said al Said	Oman	(1940-11-18) November 18, 1940 (age 83)	Sultan of Oman	Lineage, Political, Development	Leader of 4 million citizens and residents of Oman.	Traditional Ibadi	6 (2009) 6 (2010) 9 (2011) 3 12 (2011) 3 9 (2013/14) 3 8 (2014/15) 1 6 (2016) 2.
12.	5	H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	UAE	(1961-03-11) March 11, 1961 (age 63)	Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces	Administration of Religious Affairs, Philanthropy, Charity and Development, Political	Military and political leadership.	Traditional Sunni	22 (2009) 22 (2010) 18 (2011) 4 15 (2012) 3 10 (2013/14) 5 9 (2014/15) 1 7 (2016) 2.
13.	1	Ahmed el-Tayeb	Egypt	(1946-01-01) January 1, 1946 (age 78)	Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University and Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque	Administrative	Highest scholarly authority for a majority of Sunni Muslims, runs the foremost and largest Sunni Islamic university with close to 400,000 students.	Traditional Sunni	25 (2009) 7 (2010) 18 7 (2011) 8 (2012) 1 1 (2013/14) 7 2 (2014/15) 1 2 (2016) .
31	1	Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi	Qatar	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926 (age 97)	Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars	Scholarly	Leading scholar for global Muslim Brotherhood movement, host of Ash-Shariah wal-Hayat on Al Jazeera with 40 million viewers worldwide.	Muslim Brotherhood, Sunni	9 (2009) 14 (2010) 5 13 (2011) 1 16 (2013/14) 3 31 (2014/15) 15 32 (2016) 1,
48	33	Muhammet Fethullah Gülen	Turkey	(1941-04-27) April 27, 1941 (age 83)	Turkish Muslim preacher and founder of the Gülen movement	Scholarly	Figure of spiritual and social leadership for millions of Turkish Muslims and others around the world.	Own movement	13 (2009) 13 (2011) 15 (2011) 2 10 (2011) 5 11 (2013/14) 1 14 (2014/15) 3 15 (2016) 1.
55	39	Sheikh Ali Gomaa	Egypt	(1953-03-03) March 3, 1953 (age 71)	Grand Mufti of The Arab Republic of Egypt	Scholarly, Political	Legal authority for 87 million Egyptians.	Traditional Sunni, Shafi‘i	10 (2009) 10 (2010) 12 (2011) 2 14 (2013/14) 2 15 (2014/15) 1 16 (2016) 1.
Top 450		Dr Mohammed Badie	Egypt	(1943-08-07) August 7, 1943 (age 80)	Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood	Administrative, Political, International Islamic Networks	Leader of a transnational movement in Egypt and across the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, and United States.	Traditional Sunni, Muslim Brothers	Unlisted (2009) 12 (2010) 8 (2011) 4 4 (2012) 4 36 (2013/14) 32 Top 450 (2014/15) 414 Top 450 (2016) .
Unlisted	450	Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani	Qatar	(1952-01-01) January 1, 1952 (age 72)	Emir of Qatar	Political, Administrative, Lineage, Philanthropy	Political leader of over 1.5 million residents of oil-rich Qatar.	Moderate Salafi	Unlisted (2009) 21 (2010) 6 (2011) 15 5 (2011) 1 Unlisted (2013/14) Top 450 (2014/15) Top 450 (2016) .
Unlisted		President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Indonesia	(1949-09-09) September 9, 1949 (age 74)	President of Indonesia	Political, Development	Leader of 233.5 million citizens and residents of Indonesia.	Traditional Sunni	Unspecified (2009) 9 (2010) 11 (2011) 2 9 (2011) 2 7 (2013/14) 2 Unlisted (2014/15) Unlisted (2016) ,
Unlisted	Deceased	King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz	Saudi Arabia	(1924-08-01)August 1, 1924 – January 23, 2015(2015-01-23) (aged 90)	King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques	Political, Administrative, Lineage	King who had authority over 26 million residents of Saudi Arabia, 2.4 million Hajj pilgrims and approximately 14 million Umrah pilgrims annually.	Moderate Salafi	1 (2009) 1 (2010) 1 (2011) 1 (2012) 2 (2013/14) 1) 1 (2014/15) 1 Unlisted (2016)